boyne

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boyne - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Boyne \Boyne\ n.
     a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690,
     where William III of England defeated the deposed James II
     and so ended Stuart Catholicism in England.
  
     Syn: battle of Boyne, battle of the Boyne.
          [WordNet 1.5]

boyne - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Boyne
      n 1: a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in
           1690; William III defeated the deposed James II and so
           ended the Catholicism that had been reintroduced in England
           by the Stuarts [syn: Boyne, battle of Boyne]